Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [v-ing] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both . |
| 2 | The purpose of the remainder of this chapter is to analyse the changing structure and composition of the national population , assess the principal dimensions of population redistribution , and examine the impact which both these sources of change are having on the geography of Britain . |
| 3 | Because the Arts Council are working on the parity funding principle , local theatres , who are dependent on local government subsidy , are now losing out doubly because local funding has dropped ; therefore the parity funding drops . |
| 4 | If an application is declared admissible , and a friendly settlement can not be achieved , the subsequent decisions of the Court are binding on the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | He notes that IBM and Apple are collaborating on the PowerPC CPU , and not on systems : Apple boxes will run System 7 , not Pink or any new operating system . |
| 6 | This paper aims to identify the changes that electronic communication and recording are having on the world of records and will focus on e-mail as a leading example . |
| 7 | When the Chancellor next visits the Duchy of Lancaster , will he kindly explain why the Government are cheating on the RECHAR money and thus depriving the coalfields of Lancashire and Yorkshire of funds that are rightly theirs ? |
| 8 | More than 100 development groups throughout the world are working on the technology , many of them attempting to update old designs to work with modern engines . |
| 9 | Crystal and Davy on the other hand are focusing on the language of a few speakers well known to them , and it may well be that in their case the nature of the personal ties between investigator and subject makes candid recording a less pressing ethical issue . |
| 10 | The company are looking on the thriller as ‘ a challenge ’ . |
| 11 | Presumably Toshiba and Times Network are counting on the Government funding to assist their initiative otherwise their market will be restricted to those 3 per cent of schools with computers capable of supporting a CD-ROM drive . |